We are preparing for yet another hurricane here in greater Tampa Bay. Tim’s family is staying put, while Andrew’s is getting out of Dodge. We are talking through what the past few weeks have been like being pastors to storm victims, and realizing that there are some things we just aren’t good at. 

Wedding Season is in full swing in the Sunshine State. We both had full on Sports Dad Weekends. We’re talking about serving in ministries outside of our churches. Both Safety Harbor and Lakeview elders are gathering, one group more often than the other. Safety Harbor has a major work project starting next week. Lakeview has moved to video announcements.

Tim is getting into the rhythm of preaching three times every Sunday morning. Andrew is wondering how long he’s going to be playing youth pastor. Safety Harbor played host to Andrew’s kids’ birthday party. Lakeview is getting unsolicited resumes. And we’re talking about why SEO and social media presence Toe-tally matters for churches.

Tim pretty much just lives at Lakeview now after yesterday. We are talking through exceptionally long ministry days and seasons and how we recover afterwards. Andrew’s other duties as assigned took a toll on him on Thursday. We’re getting into when to ask for help and when to white knuckle it. Both of our churches held our annual fantasy football drafts yesterday, we are in full on school mode.

Lakeview kicked off a brand new series, and celebrated baptisms. Safety Harbor had some unexpected guests, and threw a pool party. Andrew is in full on Ted Lasso mode, Tim got in a car accident. We’re talking new service times, and when to announce them.

It was back to school day for Andrew’s family and it all went horribly wrong. Tim had a potential new hire in town over the weekend, and even though he did not have to preach, he worked a lot this weekend. We are talking through some specifics of funerals, and how Andrew almost ruined a wedding.

*We recorded this episode during Hurricane Debby, and had power and internet issues. The episode ends abruptly, we don't actually get to talk about everything in the show show notes before the feed dies, but it's still fun.*

We had a full show, with tons to discuss, and then a hurricane hit. We’re talking church during a natural disaster, when to cancel and when to power through. We met with some pastor buddies and their elders on Saturday. Andrew almost ruined a wedding that even a monsoon couldn’t ruin. Tim had to say goodbye to a church member.

We’ve both been gone a lot, and have come home to loss in our churches. We are talking through the intricacies of family vacation while comforting church members. Tim hasn’t preached in two weeks, Andrew had a guest worship leader yesterday.

Andrew’s family left Florida just to get stuck in the middle of a hurricane in Arkansas. Tim took his family to the beach, and brought the whole church with them. Safety Harbor had a first time guest preacher, and Lakeview celebrated baptisms.

We’ve been all over the map, hitting just about every SEC state for camp (Tim) and family vacation (Andrew). Both Lakeview and Safety Harbor had guest preachers. Andrew played visitor at a church, and Tim played youth ministry volunteer.